A. Definition: "Business parking lot" shall mean any privately owned parking lot adjacent to any store, office building, commercial building or industrial building, for the convenience of employees and customers or patrons or for the storage of items for sale by the business.
B. Trespassing After Hours: No person shall enter or remain on any business parking lot at any time that staying or entering the lot is prohibited by the owner, as shown by a sign or signs at the business parking lot.
C. Signs: The prohibition set forth in this section shall be in effect at any business parking lot where the owner or person lawfully in charge has posted a sign or signs clearly stating the prohibition and the times thereof. Signs must be placed so that they can be seen at all entrances to the lot. Each sign must contain substantially the following language:
No Trespassing Between
A.M./P.M. and A.M./P.M.
and shall exceed two hundred sixteen (216) square inches in size. The hours should be determined by each property owner. The sign shall consist of black or red lettering on a white background.
D. Exceptions: The following uses of a business parking lot shall not be violations of this section:
1. Temporary entrance to a business parking lot in an emergency or to avoid an accident.
2. Entrance by a police officer or officers in the course of duty.
3. Entrance by fire, ambulance, and other emergency personnel and equipment in the course of duty.
4. Entrance by an owner, tenant, or employee of any owner or tenant of any establishment served by the business parking lot.
5. Entrance by any city inspector in the course of duty.
6. Entrance by any person for purposes of making a delivery or deposit or retrieving personal property of such person, provided that permission for such entrance has been previously granted by the owner.
E. Special Events: The owner or person in charge of any business parking lot may grant temporary permission to use the lot during any specified hours when trespassing is normally prohibited, by posting temporary signs or posters to that effect. The owner or person in charge shall notify the police department of any such temporary permission.
F. Penalty: Any person violating any provisions of this section is subject to a forfeiture of not more than two hundred dollars ($200.00). (1975 Code Ch. 11 § XV)